I Armored Brigade (Argentina)

1st Armor Brigade
Ira Brigada Blindada
Active	14 October 1936[1]
Country	Argentina
Branch	Argentine Army
Type	Combined arms
Role	Armoured warfare
Size	Brigade
Part of	3rd Army Division
Garrison/HQ	Tandil
Nickname(s)	Br Bl 1
Patron	Brigadier General Martín Rodríguez
Engagements	Falklands War
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Norberto Pedro Zárate[2]

The 1st Armor Brigade (Spanish: Brigada Blindada I) is one of the combined arms brigades of the Argentine Army.

Order of battle

Reference^[3]

Unit	Location	Equipment
1st Armored Brigade HQ	Tandil
2nd Tank Cavalry Regiment "Lanceros General Paz"	Olavarría	TAM, SIMRA
8th Tank Cavalry Regiment "Cazadores General Necochea"	Magdalena, Buenos Aires	TAM, MB-230G, REO M35, VCTM, M4 Sherman
10th Tank Cavalry Regiment "Húsares de Pueyrredón"	Azul	TAM, VCPC, VCTM
7th Mechanized Infantry Regiment "Colonel Conde"	Arana	VCTP, VCTM, VCPC, Fiat 697, carts
1st Armored Artillery Group "Colonel Chilavert"	Azul	AMX MK F3, AMX-VCI, RATRAS
1st Armored Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop	Arana	M1097A2/M1025A2, Panhard AML-90, NIRO 1, Mk 19, BGM-71 TOW, REO, MB-230G, Unimog
1st Armored Engineer Company	Olavarría	AMX-VCI
1st Armored Signal Company	Tandil	AMV-VCI
1st Intelligence Company	Tandil	ICOM-738
1st Health Company	Tandil
Logistic & Support Base "Tandil"	Tandil

References

1. "Ejército Argentino: Brigada Blindada I". Blog of the Defense Forces of the Argentine Republic (in Spanish). 27 August 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
2. "Relevo del Comandante de la 1ra. Brigada Blindada". Nueva Era Net (in Spanish). 6 March 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
3. "EJERCITO ARGENTINO - ORBAT". Saorbats.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2018.